Don’t miss this week’s episode of “New York Now,” the award-winning coproduction of WMHT and the Times Union. This week’s highlights: Matt Ryan of WMHT runs down the week’s headlines, with extensive footage from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s first Capitol Q&A since May. Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio talks to Bill Hammond of …

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said this morning that Mayor Bill de Blasio may have lost the trust and confidence of “some officers”—but said the debate surrounding the mayor’s responsibility for the death of two cops is falling along partisan lines.…

A group of Republican state legislators said New York should require all police vehicles to have bullet-proof glass in the wake of the ambush-style killing of two officers Saturday in Brooklyn. The legislators said they would introduce legislation next month to require the bullet-proof glass. They said the equipment should be funded… ?
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon visited the home of one of two officers killed in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon. Cuomo urged calm, saying that the tense relationship between police and protesters after the Eric Garner grand jury verdict earlier this month needs to cool in the wake of the ambush-style… ?
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, in a Sunday Mass one day after the execution-style killing of two NYPD officers, told police and city officials in attendance that the Church is praying for the police department, as he called for unity and healing in a city “tempted by tension and division.” Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani blamed President… …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon directed that flags on all state government buildings in New York City be flown at half-staff today in honor of the two NYPD officers who were shot and killed yesterday in Brooklyn. “I join with all New Yorkers in mourning the loss of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos,” Cuomo… …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated today that he has not forgotten the dire economic needs of the Southern Tier, where residents are reeling from last week’s one-two punch of losing out on two potential job producers – fracking and casinos. Speaking to political donor/radio host/supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis on 970 AM, The Answer this morning, Cuomo… …